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3232Another New Posthumous Prince Album Has Been Announced By Tidalhttps://www.inquisitr.com/4897199/another-new-posthumous-prince-album-has-been-announced-by-tidal/
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In a surprise announcement from the Prince estate and Tidal, the streaming service says that it will release an exclusive album of “previously unreleased music sourced from Prince’s vast archive of Vault recordings,” reports Variety.

With an expectation to be released sometime in 2019, the album will stream exclusively on Tidal for two weeks and then will be available to download one week after its debut. Today’s announcement says, “A global physical release is planned via The Prince Estate following the exclusive digital premiere on Tidal,” but did not specify which label will be given the honor to distribute the album.

Still reeling from racial tension backlash from previous mistakes, Starbucks announced today that the company has created an open-bathroom policy for all of its stores after two African-American men were arrested at one of its coffee shops in Philadelphia last month. Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington yesterday, Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said that the store’s bathrooms would now be available to anyone. Previously, the policy stated that use of the store’s bathroom required a purchase but the rule could be waived at the discretion of the store managers.

“We don’t want to become a public bathroom,” said Schultz, “but we’re going to make the right decision a 100 percent of the time and give people the key.”

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Fox has cancelled the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and fans are not happy. Just three hours after Fox made the announcement today that the network would not be picking up the series for its sixth season, the comedy cop show became the number one topic trending on Twitter.

“This is a fan reaction to a TV series cancellation the magnitude of which we have rarely seen,” said Nellie Andreeva from Deadline. The news is even unraveling celebrities like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Seth Meyers, and even Mark Hamill.

Miranda, the creator of the Broadway smash Hamiltontweeted in all-caps, “RENEW BROOKLYN NINE-NINE. I ONLY WATCH LIKE 4 THINGS. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS,” while Meyers said that the show being cancelled along with The Last Man on Earth was a “double gut punch.” As for Hamill, the Star Wars actor only had words to say, “Oh NOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I”m SO not ready to say #ByeBye99” along with a lot of sad emojis.

After 22 years of thrills, Universal Studios Hollywood announced today that the fan favorite Jurassic Park attraction will close later this fall. “Jurassic Park – The Ride” will officially become extinct on September 3, 2018, says the press release encouraging fans to visit “one more time” before it closes for good. However, there is good news. The ride will be replaced with something even bigger and better.

“‘The one thing that the history of evolution has taught us is that life finds a way’ was famously uttered by Jurassic Park’s Dr. Ian Malcom. In the spirit of this pledge, Universal Studios Hollywood is rallying guests and fans to visit The Entertainment Capital of L.A. as it celebrates this epic ride and prepares for the arrival of the ‘Jurassic World Ride,'” says the theme park.

]]>https://www.inquisitr.com/4896087/jurassic-world-theme-park-ride-promises-to-be-bigger-and-better-than-current-dino-ride/feed/0Cancelled And Renewed TV Shows For Network TV – What We Know Right Nowhttps://www.inquisitr.com/4895959/cancelled-and-renewed-tv-shows-for-network-tv-what-we-know-right-now/
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During this time every year, network television does a little spring cleaning, figuring out which shows to keep and which ones to get rid of in time for the new fall TV season. Some shows leaving the airwaves, like ABC’s Once Upon a Time and The Middle or Fox’s The New Girl, are not surprising, as they have been suspected to finish their runs this year. What is surprising is the number of TV series on the bubble for each network. ABC leads with 15 question marks, CBS has 10, NBC and Fox have six and The CW only has one series, iZombie, that they are not sure whether to keep or dump.

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Bald may be beautiful to some, but researchers at the University of Manchester in England think that they may have stumbled onto something that might change your mind. A drug called WAY-316606, which was originally meant to treat osteoporosis, is showing signs that it might be used to treat baldness as well, reports the Miami Herald. The researchers claim that the same drug that is used to strengthen brittle bones appears to stimulate hair follicles to grow.

“It contains a compound which targets a protein that acts as a brake on hair growth and plays a role in baldness,” the BBC reports.

The new findings, which were published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, consider this a breakthrough since up until now, only two drugs are available to treat male-pattern baldness – minoxidil and finasteride. These are the main ingredients in Rogaine and Propecia respectively.

]]>https://www.inquisitr.com/4894815/new-baldness-treatment-could-be-on-the-horizon/feed/0‘Lethal Weapon’ Star Fired Just Before Season Finale And Takes The News In Stridehttps://www.inquisitr.com/4894744/lethal-weapon-star-fired-just-before-season-finale-and-takes-the-news-in-stride/
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While there is no word on whether or not Fox’s TV series Lethal Weapon will receive a third season or not, it has been confirmed that Clayne Crawford will not be appearing if it does. Crawford, who played Martin Riggs opposite Damon Wayans’ Roger Murtaugh, was fired from the show just hours before the show’s season finale aired on the Fox network. And for those who saw the episode, it is clear that things weren’t looking so good for Riggs as it was. Meanwhile, the network is reportedly scrambling to find a replacement for the star before Fox’s upfront presentation on May 14, reports MSN.

The firing of Crawford was due in part of him being reprimanded twice for his behavior on the set of Lethal Weapon. Ironically, Crawford is apparently taking the news pretty well.

Up, up, and away, or so it seems. The original Iron Man suit from Marvel Studio’s 2008 movie Iron Man has gone missing, reports the L.A. Times. The classic maroon and gold suit which was worn by Robert Downey Jr. was discovered missing yesterday from the Movie Prop Storage in Pacoima, California, and LAPD Sargent Barry Montgomery suspects that it might have left the location sometime this year between February and April 25.

“It was reported by the storage facility that the prop was missing. It is considered a burglary,” said Montgomery. Apparently, some of the warehouse employees “just happened to check” on the suit Tuesday and found it gone. This is no little prop either. It is estimated to be worth $325,000 and the thing can’t even fly. Ironically, no other props were found to be missing. Neither Marvel nor Disney has given a statement about the theft as of yet.

For 10 years now Marvel Studios has been hyping up that ever since 2008’s Iron Man, all the movies that followed were leading up to the Infinity War with many to speculate that Avengers 4 would be the last of the super team combo. But now Disney’s CEO Bob Iger is whistling a different tune. Maybe.

Up until now, fans know very little of what is in store for their favorite heroes after the big show down continues next summer other than there will be another sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy and another Spider-Man movie, but Iger is teasing that more may be to come, reports the Hollywood Reporter.

The next time you shop down the cookie aisle at your local grocery store be prepared to do a double take. Three new flavors of Oreo cookies are begging to attract your attention: Cherry Cola, Kettle Corn, and Pina Colada. The three are all limited edition flavors and are the finalists for flavors of the brand’s “My Oreo Creation” contest, and the general public is encouraged to pick which cookie will be crowned king and which one will crumble.

After years of anticipation to finally see, or at least get a really good idea at what could hidden behind the walls of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber, new radar scans are have delivered the bad news: There’s nothing there. The secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, has announced that after extensive research, there are no hidden walls as had been suspected, reports NBC News.

“Our work shows in a conclusive manner that there are no hidden chambers, no corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun’s tomb,” Francesco Porcelli of Polytechnic University of Turin said. “As you know, there was a theory that argued the possible existence of these chambers, but unfortunately our work is not supporting this theory.”

Superheroes come in all shape, sizes, and even ages, as one 4-year-old proved recently. Super Michael DeMasi, Jr. was on the job when his younger siblings needed his help — in the form of his bone marrow. Michael’s brothers, Santino and Giovanni, were born last October with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD), which is an immune disease which causes their immune system to not work properly, reports MSN. Even the common cold could have become deadly. But that’s all changed now.

Robin Pownall and her fiance, Michael DeMasi, have gone through this ordeal once before. Their older son, Dominick, was also born with CGD years earlier. At the time, he was put on a transplant list and remarkably, after he was given a donation of stem cells, he is now considered cured at the age of 9-years-old. But between the Dominick and the twins, there’s Michael, who is free of the disease, and when tested, became a perfect match for the two.

]]>https://www.inquisitr.com/4891054/4-year-old-superhero-saves-siblings-with-bone-marrow-transplant/feed/0‘American Idol’ Finalists To Tour The U.S. This Summerhttps://www.inquisitr.com/4889286/american-idol-finalists-to-tour-the-u-s-this-summer/
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After two years on a hiatus between the show ending on Fox and rebooting on ABC, American Idol is hitting the road again this summer. The new tour featuring this year’s finalists is expected to begin touring on July 1 and continue for about eight weeks. Just where the tour bus will be taking them will be revealed during this Sunday’s live performance. However, they are reportedly not expecting huge crowds to show up in contrast to earlier tours.

According to Variety, the venues booked for the concert tour are considered to be small to medium-sized theaters across the country and there is a rumor that a former Idol finalist will be given hosting duties. One thing that is known for sure is that the winning group from last summer’s Boy Band competition reality show, In Real Life, will be the tour’s opening act.

]]>https://www.inquisitr.com/4889286/american-idol-finalists-to-tour-the-u-s-this-summer/feed/0JetBlue To Deliver New York Pizzas To L.A. — For Realhttps://www.inquisitr.com/4889233/jetblue-to-deliver-new-york-pizzas-to-l-a-for-real/
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Talk about your pie in the sky. In a bizarre promotion, but a tasty one to be sure, JetBlue is taking pizza delivery to new heights. Literally. The airline says that it will be delivering pizzas from New York City to Los Angeles from May 9 to May 11 with no delivery fee. And the tip? Forget about it!

JetBlue will be delivering the hot 16-inch cheese pies from Patsy’s Pizzeria of East Harlem for just $12. Add pepperoni for $3 more. Unfortunately, those are the only options. (If you want a Hawaiian pizza, maybe Hawaiian Airlines can hook you up.) There are a few other details to consider before ordering online. They will only be delivering to people who live in Los Angeles and only at specific zip codes.

]]>https://www.inquisitr.com/4889233/jetblue-to-deliver-new-york-pizzas-to-l-a-for-real/feed/0Chewbacca, Star Of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ Challenges You To ‘Roar For Change’https://www.inquisitr.com/4889170/chewbacca-star-of-solo-a-star-wars-story-challenges-you-to-roar-for-change/
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In celebration of the unofficial holiday, May the Fourth, Lucasfilm and Star Wars: Force for Change has announced a new global challenge to help support UNICEF and is promoting it with the help of Solo: A Star Wars Story’s director Ron Howard, and star, Chewbacca.

In the video made special for the challenge, Howard invites friends and families to record their best rendition of Chewbacca’s iconic roar and then upload the video to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with the hashtag #RoarForChange. For each public post that receives a “like” or “share” from one of the social media outlets, Star Wars: Force for Change will donate a crisp new dollar to UNICEF USA, up to $1 million.

Just when you thought Marvel has run out of comic books to base new films and TV series on, another comes along. The newest project, Cloak & Dagger, is set to premiere with a two-hour presentation next month on Freeform (formerly known as ABC Family). A joint project between Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios, Cloak & Dagger is based on the comic book series of the same name about two different teenagers from two different walks of life, who cross paths and find that they are more in common than they thought possible.

The new series is headed by Joe Pokaski (Underground, Heroes) serving as showrunner and executive producer, but to hear him speak of the show, he sounds like a proud papa. He is joined by Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory, who also serve as executive produers. Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball) is directing the show’s first episode.

ABC has announced that The $100,000 Pyramid will be back this summer as part of the network’s Sunday Fun & Games, for the show’s third season. The game show features two half-hour-long episodes airing back to back where everyday people team up with various celebrities hoping to read their minds in order to win big prizes and advance to the Winner’s Circle in hopes of winning $100,000, potentially given out each week. Last year, the show was sandwiched between Celebrity Family Feud and Match Game, but ABC hasn’t announced its full line up just yet.

While never one to be coy to express how she feels, Kathy Griffin spouted off a string of expletives during her visit to the ABC morning show The View Monday where she announced that she was withdrawing her apology she gave last year in regard to the photo shoot where the comedian was seen holding up a severed head resembling President Donald Trump. After a brief introduction from co-host Whoopi Goldberg, Griffin wasted no time getting to the heart of that matter, reports the Daily Mail.

“Yeah, I take the apology back,” she said on the morning talk show. “F*** him… and Don Jr. and Eric, or as I call them Eddie Munster and Date Rape.” She quickly acknowledged that she wasn’t holding back “on this family.”

Last May, Griffin worked with photographer Tyler Shields on the stunt that immediately made headlines, which was shortly followed by death threats to her and her family.

Riding high from large box office sales from Avengers: Infinity War this past weekend (which made $250 million in the U.S.), Marvel Studios wasted no time to share a new video questioning where Ant-Man was during all of the chaos. “After Avengers: Infinity War, only one question remains…” says the bold type with powerful music in the background. Then actress Scarlett Johansson appears on the screen and questions aloud, “Where were Ant-Man and The Wasp?” The rest of the short video features other members of the Avengers crew wondering the same thing and giving their own theories before briefly showing Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly looking sheepish and then announcing that a new trailer for the upcoming Ant-Man and The Wasp would be coming out tomorrow. Marvel, you are such a tease.

While traditionally, May Day is considered to be a day honoring workers’ rights with both peaceful protests and celebrations of sorts, the city of Seattle has also seen its share of unsavory human behavior erupt on such occasions. Last year, with tensions still high after the election of President Donald Trump, the city braced for the worst, but instead, only five arrests were made and there were no reports of injuries of property damage. But Seattle can’t expect things to go so well this year.